Purdue Pharma, which makes the powerful painkiller, OxyContin, is set to plead guilty to criminal charges as part of an $8.3bn settlement for helping trigger an opioid crisis in the United States.
Purdue Pharma has admitted it paid doctors and pharmacists to prescribe OxyContin widely, sometimes without a valid medical reason.
But some state prosecutors say the company has got off lightly and the agreement does not hold it fully accountable for setting off an addiction epidemic that has killed more than 400,000 Americans in the last 20 years.
Al Jazeera’s Shihab Rattansi reports.
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✨🇺🇸 After Purdue made 💯 of Billions on peddling addiction not sound medical treatment, 8 Billion is just a fraction of their profits, & Sound like no person is actually going to Prison, so that is very unjustified also sends the signal that illegal drug dealers as long as they are Corporate is condoned by this corrupt society.
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I agree.
Doctors that got paid to prescribe the opioids should be punished too.
@stoeger 2 Unfortunately, doctors nationwide break their oath of “Do No Harm” every single day in the name of “kickbacks” to the detriment of their unsuspecting patients’ health.
Nas says you’re fake news
Who’s here cuz of Nas Daily
None of the money will actually go to the victims. It’s basically a fine for the government to pocket.
He did something. It’s a start. I don’t think any other president would’ve done anything to slow this down.
Most would just use it as an excuse to ask drug companies for more campaign contributions.
And the money will go to fat mens pockets
So crime pays,these drug dealers got away with murder and made a profit.The criminal justice system in this country is broken.
Until the owners of Purdue Pharma, the actual people that killed so many other people are held personally accountable, justice will not be served.
Why did you leave a little dig at trump at the end of the video. What was your point of that?